2017 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship

The 2017 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship was the tenth IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in ice hockey. The tournament was played in Přerov and Zlín, Czech Republic. For the third straight year the United States for the gold and winning their sixth title overall, after defeated Canada in the game. Russia defeated Sweden for the bronze, reversing the outcome of the previous year.

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Relegation series

The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team, Japan was relegated

Tournament awards

;Best players selected by the directorate

Best Goalkeeper

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Lisa Rüedi		5	5	1	6	+4	0
2	Grace Zumwinkle		5	4	2	6	+6	2
3	Cayla Barnes		5	3	3	6	+5	4
4	Sophie Shirley		5	2	4	6	+1	2
5	Natalie Heising		5	3	2	5	+4	2
6	Petra Nieminen		5	2	3	5	+4	4
6	Brette Pettet		5	2	3	5	+2	2
6	Noemi Ryhner		5	2	3	5	+5	2
9	Clair DeGeorge		5	0	5	5	+3	4
10	Oxana Bratisheva		5	3	1	4	–3	31
10	Magdalena Erbenová		5	3	1	4	+2	0

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
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Goaltending leaders

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Jenna Silvonen		240:00	3	0.75	96.97	2
2	Alex Gulstene		181:57	3	0.99	95.89	0
3	Danika Ranger		180:41	3	1.00	95.08	1
4	Saskia Maurer		315:00	9	1.71	94.92	0
5	Valeria Merkusheva		288:56	11	2.28	93.41	2

TOI = Time on ice ; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
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Division I

Group A

Was played in Budapest, Hungary 8–14 January 2017.

Group B

Was played in Katowice Poland, 8–14 January 2017.

Group B qualification

Was played in San Sebastián Spain, 26–29 January 2017. This was the inaugural competition for this level, featuring the debuts of both Spain and Mexico.